Botox injections for camels! Cosmetic alterations lead to ouster of 40 animals from beauty contest
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According to the contest's rules, Botox injections, face-lifts and other cosmetic alterations are not allowed. The pageant is a part of King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia): Getting Botox injections proved costly for these 40 beauty pageant contestants in Saudi Arabia that led to their ouster from the contest. And no these are human models, but camels!
The popular King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, which launched at the beginning of December, invites the breeders of the camels to compete for USD 66 million in prize money. According to the contest's rules, Botox injections, face-lifts and other cosmetic alterations are not allowed. However, many breeders have been accused of following unethical practices to make their camels more likely to win, such as injecting silicone and fillers.
The month-long festival's judges decided to extend the clampdown on artificially enhanced camels and they used “specialised and advanced” technology to detect tampering, Aljazeera reported the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying on Wednesday (December 8).
